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Released' or setting a different milestone if the bug hasn't been
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fixed). A few false positives may remain in the older series, don't let
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#. Commit these changes to the release branch, using a command like::
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release of the bzr adaptive version control system.
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<http://gnu.org/> to produce a free operating system.
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